Multiple Critical Paths in Single Project

Carly Chaput
Carly Chaput ✭✭✭
edited 06/09/23 inSmartsheet Basics

The last task/activity in my project plan is not the "end" of the project, or at least not the end that we care about for reporting purposes.

I work in pharma, and our project sheets are tracking toward their NDA submissions, which is the "end" of the project that everyone cares about when it comes to executive reporting and schedule monitoring. There are literal years of activities built out after this date, including supplemental NDA submissions that will effectively become the new "end" once the first submission is through.

When I use the "Display Critical Path" option right now, nothing gets highlighted because nothing is linked all the way to the final date in the project plan, and I've tried utilizing the "show driving path" option in the gantt, which is almost useless because the thin dark purple highlight is barely noticeable against the grey.

I've clicked through as many settings as I can find and don't see any way to even make this driving path highlight a better color, nor does that highlight show anywhere besides the gantt, and it would be really nice to see that in the grid as well.

At this point, I'm considering creating a column titled "Critical To" and having this be a manual dropdown that we can categorize activities as critical to specific milestones, but the obvious issue with that is the ability to miss things that are actually on the critical path since it would be a manual add.


Are there any work arounds to highlight multiple critical paths or manually designate the "end" the critical path should be focused on?

Otherwise, is there a way to change the color of driving paths (photo included) or suggestions on ways I can improve the column idea?

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Answers

\n \n https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108880\/recover-a-row-that-was-accidentally-moved-then-deleted\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n

Hey @GlennJo<\/a>,<\/p>

the sheet should be available in the owner of the sheet, deleted files. If it is specifically a row of data that was deleted, you can try checking the activity log to see if it shows the removed data there.<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":321,"name":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[]},{"discussionID":108822,"type":"question","name":"Activity Log | Rows Deleted Filter","excerpt":"I've got a conundrum on my hands where a record has gone missing. In the Activity Log, I'm able to find the record of when it was created. However, there is nothing I'm seeing indicating that it was deleted (even though the Activity Log doesn't have a specific filter for this, I traced through the log for the past 11 days…","snippet":"I've got a conundrum on my hands where a record has gone missing. In the Activity Log, I'm able to find the record of when it was created. However, there is nothing I'm seeing…","categoryID":321,"dateInserted":"2023-08-10T21:46:08+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-08-10T22:01:16+00:00","insertUserID":121055,"insertUser":{"userID":121055,"name":"Jake Gustafson","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Jake%20Gustafson","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!-lnW91tuGTw!bO9UmyNQSXQ!WUYBUm0HF6t","dateLastActive":"2023-08-11T20:29:49+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":121055,"lastUser":{"userID":121055,"name":"Jake Gustafson","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Jake%20Gustafson","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!-lnW91tuGTw!bO9UmyNQSXQ!WUYBUm0HF6t","dateLastActive":"2023-08-11T20:29:49+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":2,"countViews":37,"score":null,"hot":3383410044,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108822\/activity-log-rows-deleted-filter","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108822\/activity-log-rows-deleted-filter","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[447],"lastPost":{"discussionID":108822,"commentID":390131,"name":"Re: Activity Log | Rows Deleted Filter","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/390131#Comment_390131","dateInserted":"2023-08-10T22:01:16+00:00","insertUserID":121055,"insertUser":{"userID":121055,"name":"Jake Gustafson","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Jake%20Gustafson","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!-lnW91tuGTw!bO9UmyNQSXQ!WUYBUm0HF6t","dateLastActive":"2023-08-11T20:29:49+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Get Help","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/get-help"},{"name":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"image":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/SIFFD1TSN3Q6\/image.png","urlSrcSet":{"10":"","300":"","800":"","1200":"","1600":""},"alt":"image.png"},"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-08-10T22:01:20+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-08-10T22:01:16+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":390131,"body":"

Ok, I found it. Classic case of submit something for help, then find the answer. I think what may have happened previously, is that I turned on all the filters, but since there isn't one for a Deleted Row, maybe the Deleted Row was hidden. When I came back, I didn't click anything on the filters for the Activity Log and when scrolling through looking for the 'magic' delete word, I found the record I was looking for.<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":321,"name":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[{"tagID":447,"urlcode":"activity-log","name":"Activity Log"}]},{"discussionID":108801,"type":"question","name":"Adding users to our account if they are already licensed on another account","excerpt":"Hiya, Couldn't find an answer to my exact question, so hoping someone can help. I am working with an external client to my company, and need to add them to our account on paid licenses. 1) Can I add them to our account if they have a different email address to our company? 2) If they already have an existing licensed…","snippet":"Hiya, Couldn't find an answer to my exact question, so hoping someone can help. I am working with an external client to my company, and need to add them to our account on paid…","categoryID":321,"dateInserted":"2023-08-10T16:26:57+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-08-10T17:22:07+00:00","insertUserID":128877,"insertUser":{"userID":128877,"name":"Holly Benjamin","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Holly%20Benjamin","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-08-10T17:23:19+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":45516,"lastUser":{"userID":45516,"name":"Paul Newcome","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Paul%20Newcome","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/082\/nQPUTVFKKWDJ2.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-08-11T20:31:01+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":1,"countViews":29,"score":null,"hot":3383373544,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108801\/adding-users-to-our-account-if-they-are-already-licensed-on-another-account","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108801\/adding-users-to-our-account-if-they-are-already-licensed-on-another-account","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[543],"lastPost":{"discussionID":108801,"commentID":390085,"name":"Re: Adding users to our account if they are already licensed on another account","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/390085#Comment_390085","dateInserted":"2023-08-10T17:22:07+00:00","insertUserID":45516,"insertUser":{"userID":45516,"name":"Paul Newcome","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Paul%20Newcome","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/082\/nQPUTVFKKWDJ2.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-08-11T20:31:01+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Get Help","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/get-help"},{"name":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-08-10T17:23:30+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-08-10T17:22:07+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":390085,"body":"

They can be added if they use a different domain.<\/p>


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If they are licensed on another account, they would need to either be first removed from that account (can cause some logistical headaches) or added as an unlicensed user on your account.<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":321,"name":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[{"tagID":543,"urlcode":"licensed-users","name":"licensed users"}]}],"initialPaging":{"nextURL":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/api\/v2\/discussions?page=2&categoryID=321&includeChildCategories=1&type%5B0%5D=Question&excludeHiddenCategories=1&sort=-hot&limit=3&expand%5B0%5D=all&expand%5B1%5D=-body&expand%5B2%5D=insertUser&expand%5B3%5D=lastUser&status=accepted","prevURL":null,"currentPage":1,"total":4940,"limit":3},"title":"Trending in Smartsheet Basics","subtitle":null,"description":null,"noCheckboxes":true,"containerOptions":[],"discussionOptions":[]}">

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